Vincent frioux



(No Model.)

V. FRIOUX.

GATE.

No. 504,829. Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT FRIOUX, OF PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,829, datedSeptember 12, 1893.

Application filed April 20, 1893- To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VINCENT FRIOUX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Perryville, in the county of Perry and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates.

The invention will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate embodyingmyinvention, showing it inits fastened orlatched position. Fig. 2 is asimilar view, showing the gate in its unfastened position. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section.

Referring to the drawings, A, A are fence posts, the former, A, beingprovided with an upper pintle-block 1, which engages a pintle 2 on thetop of a pivot-post 13 provided at its lower end with a lower pintle S,which turns in a lower pintle-block L either attached to the side of thepost A, or fixed in the ground.

0 are gate rails cut away at 5 for a purpose hereinafter described, theinner or rear ends of these rails being attached to the pivot-post B inany suitable manner, as by mortising.

D are outside pickets attached to the rails O, the latter being bracedin the usual manner by a brace E, as shown.

On the inside of the rails G, are secured the inside pickets D, thesepickets, together with the outside pickets, forming a guideway in whichmove auxiliary rails O, the latter being arranged to rest on the uppersurface of those portions of rails O which are cut away.

The auxiliary rails carry a locking post, F, at their outer ends, andare provided with an outer and an inner auxiliary picket 6 and 7, thesepickets being pivotally attached to the outer pickets 8 and 9 of therows D, D, by means of a pair of upper link-bars'lO, which are pivotallyheld by means of bolts 11 and 12. The pickets 8 and 7 are also attachedto pickets S and 9 by means of bell-crank levers 13, pivoted to the gateproper at let and to the Serial No. 471,161. (No model.)

auxiliary pickets at 15, one bell-crank lever being on the inside, andone on the outside of the gate, as will be fully understood from thedrawings. hen the levers 13 are raised with their longer arms in thevertical position, as seen in Fig. 1,the auxiliary rails, with theirlocking-post and pickets, will be swung downward and forward, the saidauxiliary rails resting on top of the outer reduced portions 5 of therails C, while the locking post F, will rest on a block 16 which may beattached to the fence-post A or secured in the ground, as desired thusrelieving the gate of all undue strain.

For the purpose of locking the gate so that it cannot be swung on itspintles, a pair of projecting steps or ledges, 17, are attached to postA one on each side of the locking-post, the latter being arranged toenter between these stops when the latch-levers 0r bell-crank levers areraised, and to be swung upward and away from between the said stops whenthe latch-levers are pulled down. To frictionally hold the latch-leversin their raised or looking position, a pair of spring-plates 18 aresecured to the gate one on each side in such a position that the leverswill rub against them.

It will be seen that my improved gate possesses several prominentadvantages over other constructions, the principal of which are, first,the fact that when the gate is in its locked or closed position itsweight is carried by the blocks 16 and 4:, thereby relieving the fenceposts A and A and avoiding the usual sagging of the gate; second, thegate, when in its opened condition is shorter than the common forms ofgate, thus bringing the center of gravity nearer to the hinges, or, inother words, decreasing the leverage of the weight, thus reducing thestrain on the hinges and post A when the gate is swinging; and, lastly,the gate is readily opened from horseback without dismounting.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a gate, the combination, with a pair of fence posts, of a pivot-posthinged to one of the fence posts, a pair of main rails attached to thepivot-post and cut away at their outer ing the bell-crank lever in itsraised position,

ends, a series of inside and outside pickets and apair of stopssecuredto one of the fenceattached to the rails, a pair of auxiliaryrails posts for engagement with the locking-post, arranged to rest ontop of the outer ends of substantially as described and for the purthemain rails and between the inside and pose set forth.

outside pickets, a locking-post and a series In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in of auxiliary pickets secured to the auxiliarypresence of two Witnesses.

rails, a air of link-bars pivotally attached to T a 7 the auxiliarypickets and to the main pickets, VIA CENT B RIOUL' a bell-crank leverpivoted to the main pickets and to the auxiliary pickets, means forhold- Witnesses:

EDWARD FISCHER, WM. MCCAULEY.

